Vriddha Yavana Jataka · by Minaraja
Chapter 55 · The Signs in the Houses
पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
कन्या यदा चाष्टमगा विलग्नात्तदा स्ववित्तान्मनुजस्य विन्द्यात् ।स्त्रीणां हि हिंस्राद्विषमाशनस्थात् स्त्रीणां कृतो वा स्वगृहाश्रितस्य ॥ ९० ॥
Say Virgo is the 8th house from the lagna (rising sign). Then know that death comes to the man through his own wealth. It may come from harm done by women, or from bad food. Or it may be caused by women, while he stays in his own house.
तुलाधरे चाष्टमगे च मृत्युर्भवेन्नराणां द्विपदोत्थ एव ।
Say Libra is the 8th house. Then men die at the hands of a two-footed being. Death may come at nightfall, from a fast kept at some place. Or it may…
स्थानेऽष्टमस्थेऽष्टमराशिसङ्ज्ञान्नृणां विनाशो वदनोद्भवेन ।
Say the sign called the 8th sign [Scorpio] is the 8th house. Then men die from an illness of the mouth. Or death may come from insects. Or it may…
चापेऽष्टमस्थे प्रभवेन्नराणां मृत्युः स्वसंख्ये शरताडितानाम् ।
Say Sagittarius is the 8th house. Then men die in battle, struck by arrows. Death may come from a disease of the private parts or of the anus. Or it…